DOD INSTRUCTION 8551.01
P
ORTS, PROTOCOLS, AND SERVICES MANAGEMENT
Originating Component: Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer
Effective: May 31, 2023
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 8551.01, “Ports, Protocols, and Services Management
(PPSM),” May 28, 2014
Approved by: John B. Sherman, DoD Chief Information Officer
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5144.02 and the guidance in DoD
Instruction (DoDI) 8500.01, this issuance:
• Establishes policy and standardizes procedures for cataloging, governing, and managing the use and
management of protocols in the internet protocol suite, related protocols, and data services referred to as
Department of Defense information network (DODIN) ports, protocols, and services (PPS).
• Prescribes PPS management (PPSM) support requirements for configuration management,
continuous monitoring, and automated discovery and analysis of PPS to support near-real-time DODIN
joint information environment (JIE) command and control (C2).
• Establishes the website on the risk management framework (RMF) knowledge service (KS) for
existing PPSM policies and procedures and provides a platform for the DoD cybersecurity community to
post and exchange PPSM solutions and documents with mission partners.
